Metallic fence-post.



B. SGHULZ.

METALLIC FBNGE POST.

APPLICATION FILED 1mm 5, 1911.

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- said fence post being: broken away; Fig. 2.

BERNARD SCI-IULZ, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

METALLIC FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 5, 1911. Serial No; 631,346.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD SoHULz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and 5 State -of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Fence-Posts;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use, the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved metallic fence post and a oooperating lock device for detachably securing a wire thereto, and'to this end, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

- In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like views. p

1 Referring to the drawings; Figure 1. is a view in rear elevation of theimproved fence post and associatedparts, the upper end of is a transverse horizontal section, taken through the so-called anchoring legs, on the linew m Fig. 1; Fig.3 is a detailed view, principally in vertical section, taken through the fence post and associated parts, on the line .w m of Fig. 1; Fig. 4: is a' transverse horizontal section taken on the line w 00* of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a detailed view showing a slightly modified form of the so-called anchoring legs with some parts thereof sectioned on the line on 02 of Fig. 6; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on the line m w of Fig. 5.

The numeral 1 indicates the body portion of the improved fence post. Rigidly secured to the extreme lower end of said body portion,'by welding orot-herwise, is a plurality of (asshown three) outwardly and downwardly projecting anchoring legs 2-. The extreme lower ends of these anchoring legs-2-. are each provided with alateral and outwardly projecting supporting foot, 3,

y preferably formed, as shown in Figsll and 2,.by bending. the anchoring legs 2. These anchoring legs2 are adapted to be setin the ground and the ground line is indicated by the letter Y. As shown, the body portion.

1 of the fence post and its anchoring legs 2 areconstructed from angle irons. The vertex of the angle iron, which forms the body parts throughout the several holding the fence post in its proper position.

The inwardly and upwardly extended portions of anchoring legs2 and their support .ing feet 3 also greatly assist in holding the fence post properly positioned.

Referring now to the improved device for detachably securing a wire to the improved fence post,'the numeral 4 indicates a short .section of one of the wires which goes to make up the complete fence.

This wire is as. shown,fdetachably secured to the improved fence post by means of a staple 5 formed with a shortprong 6 and a long prong 7. Formed in the vertex of the angle iron of the body portion 1 is a pair of ver-' tically spaced perforations 8, in which are mounted, for horizontal endwise sliding Patented Ma 28,1912.

movement, the prongs 6 and 7 of the staple 5. The short prong 6, as shown, is prefer ably mounted in the upper perforation 8.

The long prong 7 extends rearward beyond the rear face of the body portion 1 for a considerabledistance and is then bent, first upward and then forward, so as to extend in a horizontal plane a short distance above the short prong 6'and thereby forms a laterally ofiset portion of the long prong 7 and is indicated by the numeral 9.

Rotatively mounted at its centralv portion I on the long prong 7, between the rear face of thefence post 1 and the ofiset portion 9, is an annular disk-likewedge block 10. This wedge block 10 is arranged for action on the offset portion 9 of the staple 5 and reacts against the rear face of the body portion 1 i as a base of resistance. Under the rotary movement ofwedge blocklO the staple 5 is drawn toward the body portion 1 of the fence post and the wire 4 held by said staple is forced into engagement with the vertex ofthe angle iron forming said body portion of the fence post and is thereby securely held wherever set. In the periphery of the wedge 'block 10 is formed a notch 11 arranged to be brought into alinement with the inner side of the ofiset portion 9 of the staple 5 under the rotation of said wedge block. This notch 11 is of such size as to permit the inner end of the offset portion 9 to work therethrough for the purpose of withdrawing the short prong 6 of the staple 5 out of its perforation 8 and laterally away from the body portion 1 of the fence post. vAs is evident, when the short staple 5 is moved away or out of engagement with body portion 1, the wire 4 may be applied to or removed from the staple 5] The wedge block 10 is provided on its periphery with a plurality of radially projecting and integrally formed projections 12, which act as finger pieces by which the said wedge block may be turned or if desired a suitable tool may be applied thereto.

The modification of the anchoring leg 2, shown in Figs. 5 and 6, is provided with a short vertically extended block 13, welded or otherwise, secured between the flanges of the anchoring leg 2 and acts as a substitute for the feet 3 shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The above device while extremely simple and of comparatively small cost, is thought to be highly efficient for the purpose had in view.

hat I claim is:

1. The combination with a fence post having a lock shoulder, of a wire holding staple applied to said fence post in the vicinity of its lock shoulder, and means including a rotary wedge block for draw ing a wire held by said staple on to said lock shoulder, under a varying pressure, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a fence post having a lock shoulder, of a wire holding staple having a long and a short prong, said long prong being mounted in the fence post for movement to carry said short prong toward and from the fence post, and a rotary wedge-block applied to said long prong for drawing a wire held by the staple on to said lock. shoulder, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the fence post having a lock shoulder, of a wire holding staple, having a long and a short prong, mounted for endwise movement, in perforations formed in the fence post, said long prong having an off-set portion, and a rotary wedge-block, mounted on said long prong for action on its offset portion and reacting against the fence post as a base of resistance, for drawing a wire held by said staple on to the lock shoulder of said fence post, sub stantially as described.

4:. The combination with a fence post having a lock shoulder, of a wire holding staple, having a long and a short prong, mounted for endwise movements in perforations formed in the fence post, said long prong having an offset portion, a rotary wedgeblock mounted on said long prong for action on its offset portion and reacting against the fence post, as a base of resistance, for drawing a wire held by said staple on to the lock shoulder, said wedge-block having a notch adapted to be brought into registration with the offset portion of said long prong and through which notch, said offset portion is adapted to work to permit said short prong to be withdrawn from the fence post, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a fence post having its body portion constructed from angle iron, of a wire holding staple having a long and a short prong, mounted for end-wise movement in perforations formed in the vertex of the angle iron, forming said body portion, said long prong having a laterally offset portion, and a wedge-block rotatively mounted on said long prong for action on its offset portion and reacting against the fence post as a base of resistance, for drawing a wire held by the staple on to the vertex of said angle iron, substantially as described.

6. A combination with a fence post having its body port-ion constructed from angle iron, of a wire holding staple, having a long and short prong mounted for end-wise movement in perforations formed in the vertex of the angle iron forming said body portion, said long prong having a laterally offset portion, a wedge-block rotatively mounted on said long prong for action on its offset portion and reacting against the fence post as a base of resistance, for drawing a wire held by the staple on to the vertex of said angle iron, said wedge-block having a notch adapted to be brought into registration with the offset portion of said long prong and through which notch said offset portion is adapted to work to permit said short prong to be withdrawn from the fence post, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERNARD SCHULZ.

lVitnesses F. D. MERCHANT, HARRY D. KiLGoRn.

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